ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano, Jr., (son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and brother of James
Roosevelt),
a Representative from New York; born in Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada,
August 17, 1914; graduated from Groton School, Groton, Mass., 1933; graduated from Harvard
University, 1937; graduated from the University of Virginia Law School at Charlottesville, 1940; was
admitted to the bar in 1942; was called from the Naval Reserve on March 13, 1941, to active duty as
an ensign in the United States Navy and served in North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific; discharged
from active duty in January 1946; awarded the Purple Heart Medal and the Silver Star; lawyer, private
practice; vice president of President Trumans Committee on Civil Rights in 1947 and 1948; chairman
of mayors committee on unity in New York City in 1948 and 1949; delegate to Democratic National
Conventions in 1952 and 1956; elected as a Liberal Party candidate to the Eighty-first Congress, by
special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Sol Bloom
(May 17, 1949-January 3, 1951); changed from a Liberal to a Democrat on January 3, 1951; elected
as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress and to the succeeding Congress (January 3,
1951-January 3, 1955); was not a candidate for renomination in 1954, but was unsuccessful for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination; unsuccessful candidate for election for attorney general of New
York in 1954; engaged in the automobile import business in 1958; appointed by President Kennedy
as chairman of Appalachian Regional Commission, 1963; appointed by President Kennedy as
Undersecretary of Commerce, 1963; appointed by President Johnson as first Chairman of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New York State
for Liberal Party in 1966; businessman and farmer; died on August 17, 1988, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.;
interment in St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, N.Y.